Food for thought: is the luger really a "weak" design?

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Originally Posted by Thor

I took these photos. This was a gun that I ended up NOT restoring and was sold by my client to a dealer.

I have seen a number of similar cases in the last 20 years, about 4 that I am aware of, always on DWM or Erfurt toggles, never seen one in a Mauser (never seen a Krieghoff on the firing lines and only saw one refinished Simson and as far as I know it's still without problems). I am convinced that metal fatigue and not overpowered loads are the reason.
I have 2 DWM Lugers, an M2 1909 Portuguese Army contract and a 1916 P08, I have tried them for function (and they funtioned flawlessly) but those are my collector items that won't get shot ever again as long as they belong to me. Even though their collector value is relative. The M2 albeit in excellent original condition was defaced( something I still would like to have a good explantion for) and the 1916 P08 has a few cold blue retouches. Both are all matching. But I do believe those old soldiers deserve a rest.

I have always defended that the best shooters are almost all matching Mauser made P08s.